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1 Penning - Olaf I Byzantine style
| Issuer | Denmark |
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| Year | 1091-1095 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Olaf I — Olaf Hunger — ruled Denmark in near-continuous crisis: famine, internal revolt, and the persistent shadow of his brother Harald's overthrow. These coins were struck during a reign defined by instability, which almost certainly disrupted minting consistency. The Byzantine stylistic influence reflects Scandinavian numismatic practice of the period, when Danish dies routinely borrowed from southern European and Eastern coinage without direct political connection to Constantinople.
Hauberg 4 is among the scarcer classified types of Olaf's output. The reign ended with his death in 1095, likely from the famine conditions that gave him his epithet.